Today there are many choices in home saunas. The choices are almost limitless the only real restrictions are your own imagination and the funds to achieve what you want. The first saunas were straightforward pits dug into the side of a prominence the sauna was warmed with a fire after the right temperature was attained the smoke was cleared out and the sauna ritual commenced.
Even today a wood fire is still usually utilized in a conventional sauna yet today electricity is widely used, propane is also commonly used to heat up the Finnish sauna. Electricity is used to heat up rocks that radiated the warmth in the sauna enclosure,
the most economical electric operated furnace is a far infrared sauna heater this type of heater uses radiant warmth from the end of the spectrum this Far infrared heat doesn't warm up the atmosphere it heats a person directly. The best part of infrared warmth is it only needs a quick warm up and is more efficient.
The 4 basic types of sauna heaters are:
1. Wood fired heaters
2. Electric Heaters
3. Far Infrared Sauna heaters
4. Natural Gas and propane sauna heaters
It is easier than ever at this time to have your own steam sauna almost all major corporations build prefab sauna unit that can be without difficulty be put together by most all home owners one benefit one of these types of sauna units over a custom built sauna is that it can be disassembled and be put in storage.
In a conventional sauna the amount of humidity is maintained by the operator using a loyly and placing water on the warmed up rocks the h20 increasing the humidity level making it a steam sauna. The use of an Infrared sauna heater does not require the use of h20 it is a dry heat and in general uses at a lower temperature than a conventional sauna.
